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The name of a writ. See De proprietate probanda. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETATE PROBANDA

In the civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be "proscribed" when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the consequences of civil death. Cod. 9, 49. … [Read more...] about PROSCRIBED

A writ addressed to a sheriff to try by an Inquest In whom certain property, previous to distress, subsisted. Finch, Law, 316. Proprietates erbornm servanda) sunt. The proprieties of words [proper meanings of words] are to be preserved or adhered to. Jenk. Cent. p. 136, case 78. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETATE PROBANDA, DE.

The act of a local prosecutor, such as a state District Attorney, Attorney General or federal United States Attorney, bringing and managing a criminal case against a defendant. To follow up; to carry on an action or other judicial proceeding; to proceed against a person criminally. … [Read more...] about PROSECUTE

The French law term corresponding to our "property," or the right of enjoying and of disposing of things in the most absolute manner, subject only to the laws. Brown. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETE